"Everything must be done to save them [the miners]… I hope that this will happen as soon as possible," the president told journalists on Sunday, as quoted by the Milenio TV channel.
An accident occurred in the Las Conchas coal pit in the municipality of Sabinas on Wednesday, August 3, when miners encountered an underground river during their work, which caused the flooding of the mine's well.
One miner was able to get out of the coal pit safely after the accident, while ten others remain inside.
Over 500 specialists are involved in the search and rescue operation. The rescuers are piping water out of the coal pit, hoping that the trapped miners have survived inside an air bubble deep underground.